Day: April 18, 2019

The Cybersecurity Automation Paradox

Recent studies show that before automation can reduce the burden on understaffed cybersecurity teams, they need to bring in enough automation skills to run the tools. …read more Source:: DarkReading


What caused the Notre Dame fire and how Paris united in the aftermath – CNET

Officials speculate that a possible electrical short-circuit is responsible for the fire in tandem with the cathedral’s lack of fire-prevention safeguards. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook admits to storing plaintext passwords for millions of Instagram users

Last month, Facebook admitted to storing plaintext passwords for hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts. …read more Source:: ZDNet


2020 Toyota Highlander vs. Explorer, Pilot, Traverse and Sorento – Roadshow

Toyota’s three-row crossover SUV is all new for 2020, but how does its full redesign compare with stout competition? …read more Source:: CNet


Shopify Flaw Exposed Thousands of Merchants’ Revenue, Traffic Numbers

The flaw, which existed in a Shopify API endpoint, has been patched. …read more Source:: Threatpost


IBM Halting Sales of Watson AI Tool For Drug Discovery Amid Sluggish Growth

Citing lackluster financial performance, IBM is halting development and sales of a product that uses its Watson AI software to help pharmaceutical companies discover new drugs, news outlet Stat reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the company’s internal decision-making. From the report: The decision to shut down sales of Watson for Drug Discovery…


Here’s A Tesla Coil You Can Wear

It’s badgelife season, and if you need an idea for a killer piece of wearable electronics, look no further than this PCB Tesla coil. Yes, it’s killer, doubly so if you’re wearing a pacemaker. This project was inspired by an earlier Tesla coil on a PCB project that used 160 turns of 6 mil traces…


How to Raise the Level of AppSec Competency in Your Organization

Improving processes won’t happen overnight, but it’s not complicated either. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Who’s using Mueller Report Day to bury bad news? If you guessed Facebook, you’re right: Millions more passwords stored in plaintext

Wham, bam, gee thanks, Instagram While journalists and netizens are distracted digesting the redacted 400-plus-page Mueller report, released within the past few hours, today will be a good day for spin doctors to bury bad news.… …read more Source:: Register


Poll: Facebook Harvests Email Contacts for 1.5M Users – Is Enough, Enough?

Take our short poll on how far Facebook can push its luck. …read more Source:: Threatpost